My ld doesn't nap so what we do is give her what we call quiet time, in which we play a movie in the office she sits there alone for an hour, sometimes she lays down on the sofa but most of the times she colors. It works for us.

My ld doesn't nap so what we do is give her what we call quiet time, in which we play a movie in the office she sits there alone for an hour, sometimes she lays down on the sofa but most of the times she colors. It works for us.

Benjamin went through a several month phase where his napping was sporadic. I still enforced quiet time though so he at least has to spend 2 hours in his room in naptime conditions (lights off, white noise maker on . . .) I went with 2 hours because I found that there were often days when he would need 1.5 hours to wind-down before falling asleep. He's back to napping almost every day but it does mean that he has a later bedtime now. We bought an "Okay to Wake" clock which has a naptime timer on it which has been a godsend- he's allowed to come out of his room when the clock turns green (mind you, he's still locked in because there's no way he will stay in on his own ;)

Benjamin went through a several month phase where his napping was sporadic. I still enforced quiet time though so he at least has to spend 2 hours in his room in naptime conditions (lights off, white noise maker on . . .) I went with 2 hours because I found that there were often days when he would need 1.5 hours to wind-down before falling asleep. He's back to napping almost every day but it does mean that he has a later bedtime now. We bought an "Okay to Wake" clock which has a naptime timer on it which has been a godsend- he's allowed to come out of his room when the clock turns green (mind you, he's still locked in because there's no way he will stay in on his own ;)

Haven't been on in quite a while, but wanted to let you know we're struggling with naptime. Just like MeandB - we enforce quiet time in her room, lights off, music on, and she has to stay in bed. This is new for us in the last few days and I am hoping it is short lived - #2 is about to join us in a couple weeks and I think I may go CRAZY if I don't get some alone time :)

Haven't been on in quite a while, but wanted to let you know we're struggling with naptime. Just like MeandB - we enforce quiet time in her room, lights off, music on, and she has to stay in bed. This is new for us in the last few days and I am hoping it is short lived - #2 is about to join us in a couple weeks and I think I may go CRAZY if I don't get some alone time :)

We just transitions dd into a toddler bed this week, after she fell out of her crib :-/. She keeps trying to get out of her room, she is super strong willed and even knocked down the baby gate outside of her door. I just ordered these door knob covers to keep her from opening her door. Does anyone have any tricks for keeping their toddlers in their rooms at nap time. She flat out doesn't listen to me... And I have 3 month old ds who naps at the same time in the next room :-/. I feel like I'm one second away from being on an episode of super nanny.

We just transitions dd into a toddler bed this week, after she fell out of her crib :-/. She keeps trying to get out of her room, she is super strong willed and even knocked down the baby gate outside of her door. I just ordered these door knob covers to keep her from opening her door. Does anyone have any tricks for keeping their toddlers in their rooms at nap time. She flat out doesn't listen to me... And I have 3 month old ds who naps at the same time in the next room :-/. I feel like I'm one second away from being on an episode of super nanny.

We use the door knob covers on the inside of the door to keep my little guy in during nap time and an "Okay to Wake" clock that turns green when his naptime is over. It's been a work in progress but he now understands that he has to stay in his room until nap time is over and I am able to get some sleep in myself (I have a 6 week old). Benjamin goes through interesting phases where he won't nap for several weeks in a row and then he will for a few weeks- as if we could possibly expect consistency ;)

We use the door knob covers on the inside of the door to keep my little guy in during nap time and an "Okay to Wake" clock that turns green when his naptime is over. It's been a work in progress but he now understands that he has to stay in his room until nap time is over and I am able to get some sleep in myself (I have a 6 week old). Benjamin goes through interesting phases where he won't nap for several weeks in a row and then he will for a few weeks- as if we could possibly expect consistency ;)

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